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Just checked the website and found I have missed out on a ticket to the GF. Absolutely gutted.

:thumbsd: to the AFL and their corporate Grand Finals.
 

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Bad luck mate.

IMO the old system was better. In 2005, about 10 minutes after we beat Adelaide I went and set up camp outside the G (about 15th in line) and by 10.30 Sunday monring had my ticket, front row behind the goals.

This way it gives the hard core fans who are willing to go further than others, get a ticket.

But the problem could be solved if the AFL got rid of the 30,000 odd corporate tickets and gave them to real fans.
 
Hmm... I don't find out until tomorrow. I am category 2 as far as Port Adelaide tickets go. And they are planning on releasing cat. 3 tickets.
 
shibz_1989 said:
Who the hell gets the other 85,000 seats then?
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Each competing club gets a 12-16k, or something like that. Then about 1000 tickets go to each non-participating clubs.

Then there are the sponsors and let's not forget those selfish pricks who win radio competitions etc and go to the grand final even though their team isn't playing. In which case they prevent those who want to watch their team play from attending.
 

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Missing Doogs said:
Bad luck mate.

IMO the old system was better. In 2005, about 10 minutes after we beat Adelaide I went and set up camp outside the G (about 15th in line) and by 10.30 Sunday monring had my ticket, front row behind the goals.

This way it gives the hard core fans who are willing to go further than others, get a ticket.

But the problem could be solved if the AFL got rid of the 30,000 odd corporate tickets and gave them to real fans.
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Agreed, the old system was way easier to purchase a Grand Final ticket. The new system is garbage. :thumbsd:

I got my ticket on the Sunday morning for the 2005 Grand Final, after we beat St.Kilda on the Friday night. Best moment of my life. But sadly, the real football fans, wouldn't have that experience because it's been taking over by the corporate w***ers sadly. :thumbsd:
 
PAFC2004 said:
Each competing club gets a 12-16k, or something like that. Then about 1000 tickets go to each non-participating clubs.

Then there are the sponsors and let's not forget those selfish pricks who win radio competitions etc and go to the grand final even though their team isn't playing. In which case they prevent those who want to watch their team play from attending.
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Wow. What a load of shit.
 
That hurts mate....
I know it wont help this year, but maybe look at a higher level membership
package,one that guarantees a g/f ticket,thats what i do, i couldnt stand the pain of missing out...
 

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Missing Doogs said:
Bad luck mate.

But the problem could be solved if the AFL got rid of the 30,000 odd corporate tickets and gave them to real fans.
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The atmosphere on Friday night at the Prelim was twice as good as the Grand Final is likely to be. The reason why is that the preliminary final crowd contained twice as many actual supporters of competing teams (probably even more).

As usual, the Grand Final will be out of reach of the average footy fan. The crowd will be largely comprised of corporate spivs, sponsors and "theatre-goers" attending their one game of the year, where they get to look and act totally out of place amongst the minority of real fans who are lucky enough to get in.

Around 22,000 seats are allocated to the Melbourne Cricket Club, which despite boasting that it is "arguably the biggest sporting club in the world" never fills all its seats at the GF (last Friday was a one-off - expect to see hundreds of empty Members seats again at this year's Grand Final - just like all the other ones).

A further 5000 seats now are allocated to $5000-a-year Medallion Club members. And we all know what passionate die-hards they all are.

Furthermore, each of the 16 clubs gets their allocation of 1,000 tickets which they then on-sell to the corporate spiv market, often in package deals worth over $1,500 each, in what can only be described as legalised scalping. After all the other so-called "sponsor obligations" are accounted for, only 25,000-odd tickets are left for real fans - the members of the competing clubs.

Unfortunately, Comrade Dimetriou and the AFL are completely indifferent to this issue. There is nothing to stop them from reducing the outrageous amount of tickets which go to the corporate "on-seller" market, but each year they do nothing.

To add insult to injury, this year the Comrade's great new marketing ploy has been his new "exclusive" Grand Final ticket - the so-called "Centre Square" - all yours for a mere $1,995.

When the AFL spends thousands advertising expensive corporate spiv packages like "Centre Square" yet allocates barely one-fifth of all tickets to real supporters, it is depressingly clear where its priorities lie. Comrade Dimetrious purports to be a left-wing socialist when it suits him, but when it comes to the Grand Final, he and the AFL are as elitist as they come.

It seems the league would rather have a Grand Final crowd full of apathetic corporate spivs than passionate battlers who really care.

While Grand Final day will once again belong to the spivs, Prelim Final day is the battlers' Grand Final. At least we had a great game and a great crowd last week.
 
Football Invective said:
The atmosphere on Friday night at the Prelim was twice as good as the Grand Final is likely to be. The reason why is that the preliminary final crowd contained twice as many actual supporters of competing teams (probably even more).

As usual, the Grand Final will be out of reach of the average footy fan. The crowd will be largely comprised of corporate spivs, sponsors and "theatre-goers" attending their one game of the year, where they get to look and act totally out of place amongst the minority of real fans who are lucky enough to get in.

Around 22,000 seats are allocated to the Melbourne Cricket Club, which despite boasting that it is "arguably the biggest sporting club in the world" never fills all its seats at the GF (last Friday was a one-off - expect to see hundreds of empty Members seats again at this year's Grand Final - just like all the other ones).

A further 5000 seats now are allocated to $5000-a-year Medallion Club members. And we all know what passionate die-hards they all are.

Furthermore, each of the 16 clubs gets their allocation of 1,000 tickets which they then on-sell to the corporate spiv market, often in package deals worth over $1,500 each, in what can only be described as legalised scalping. After all the other so-called "sponsor obligations" are accounted for, only 25,000-odd tickets are left for real fans - the members of the competing clubs.

Unfortunately, Comrade Dimetriou and the AFL are completely indifferent to this issue. There is nothing to stop them from reducing the outrageous amount of tickets which go to the corporate "on-seller" market, but each year they do nothing.

To add insult to injury, this year the Comrade's great new marketing ploy has been his new "exclusive" Grand Final ticket - the so-called "Centre Square" - all yours for a mere $1,995.

When the AFL spends thousands advertising expensive corporate spiv packages like "Centre Square" yet allocates barely one-fifth of all tickets to real supporters, it is depressingly clear where its priorities lie. Comrade Dimetrious purports to be a left-wing socialist when it suits him, but when it comes to the Grand Final, he and the AFL are as elitist as they come.

It seems the league would rather have a Grand Final crowd full of apathetic corporate spivs than passionate battlers who really care.

While Grand Final day will once again belong to the spivs, Prelim Final day is the battlers' Grand Final. At least we had a great game and a great crowd last week.
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Well said.
Stupid money hungry asswipes.
 
Will Geelong be doing a big screen etc at the club?
Thats where the real footy supporters will be anyway.
 

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